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Tuesday, July 22, 2008

My Friend Sue

Last week a surprise package arrived full of little teacups from my friend Sue...

I met Sue on Flickr. She would be the first one to leave comments on my watercolors and they were such persceptive comments.

"I love that tin and the "sugar scoop" ...so painterly. And the peony and glass are beautifully accomplished with just a few sweeps of paint."

"...love the swirls on the left, and those cherries are excellent--I particularly like the one with lavendar/bluish tinges on the right..."

"...What a wonderful marriage of colors."

Bluebird watercolor by Suzanne Smith

It turns out that Sue not only takes fantastic photos of birds, which flock to her doorstep with wild abandon, but she paints them beautifully! Sue has a collection of flower vases up the whazoo and takes divine photos of them....Flower Vase watercolor by Suzanne Smith

And then she paints them too! Did I mention Sue's garden..well Sue lives in North Carolina but she definitely has a green thumb!Sue started a blog recently and you HAVE to visit puleeeeze! A Brush with Color -It's a daily delight full of her photos, paintings and great quotations like:

"I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.”(Claude Monet)

And:

Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can."(Danny Kaye)

What a wonderful life I’ve had. I only wish I’d realized it sooner!” (Colette)God gives every bird his worm, but He does not throw it into the nest.”(P D James)

Sue's delightful work can be seen on Zazzle. Sue nudged me to go on Zazzle too...

When I was showing off my messy studio I begged Sue to show hers... She sent me this photo and self-effacing note, This is all I have for a studio...

Sue has even painted her studio! This would be a near impossible task for me I fear...Sue has just done a book on Blurband is gently nudging me to do one...

20 comments:

?????!!OMG--you are too much, Carol!!! I can't even believe you did this! (Love that little teacup you did, by the way, LOL!) How strange to open up Paris Breakfast and see this here. You are too much. I said that my LAP was my work space, and sometimes my desk. You are a riot. Now you'll embarrass me big time...I have really enjoyed getting to know you through flickr and your blog and zazzle... and all your "gentle nudges" have been good to me. I hope one day I get to meet you. Thank you, Carol...

I think your friend is very talented. I know it is not a contest, but I must say I enjoy your painting more only because it is 'whimsical'. I find the older I get the more I look for whimsical, enchanting and less for realistic depictions. Is this a kind of mid-life crisis for a woman? lol

Carol, What a sweet and delightful thing to do for Sue who, or whom?, I think is fabulously talented and fun to visit & get to know daily.You both make me want to start doing whimsical paintings with watercolors.:):)I love this painting of yours today. It's absolutely Beautiful.And yes you do need to do a book. I want one of Sues.

Well done, Carol! I look at both your sites everyday and enjoy them enormously. Suzanne is right: your turn now.I am a colored pencil and pastel person and admire both of you for your ability with watercolor, a medium I find very intimidating.

I love both of your charming watercolors! I love Paris and I love desserts! I am in the (long) process of putting together my own book of sketches of France, Italy and Greece - maybe on Blurb. I've just ordered Sue's book. Where in NC does she live?